 Okay, good morning and welcome everyone. We move on to our next session here as we discussed the Apostolic Ministry a little more people. I want to request one of you on the call to lead in prayer before we go ahead. Just leave it open. Thank you. Let's pray. Yes. Father in heaven we thank you for this time Lord of this lecture. Father we thank you for the gift of life that you've given us. Father we thank you for the pastor. We also still thank you for the lesson you're going to learn. Father we also pray hard that every one of us who has not yet joined comes in on time and he joins so that the lesson can go as expected not because of our power of mighty but because of your grace and mercy. I do pray in the name of the Son, the form of the Holy Spirit. Amen. Amen. Thank you. Thank you to pick up. So we talked about the features of an apostle up until now but today we are going to talk a little bit about the Apostolic Ministry. The ministry that is part of the church and Apostolic Ministry that makes an impact in the city, the nation. And as I said earlier, we're also going to look at some of the pitfalls of the Apostolic Ministry. So this is what I'm going to cover today. So in the church, what can we expect through this anointing? We can expect as compared to the normal structure of the church that we are all familiar with that is you usually have a pastor leading the church. But if you look at the church of Antioch in the book of Acts, Acts chapter 11, you see that the leadership team was comprised of teachers, just comprised of prophets. So you see a pattern of Ephesians 4, 11 through 13, what we read there about God gave gifts to the church, the apostle, the prophet, the teacher, the pastor, the evangelist. So there is a ministry team that serves the church and that is what we can expect a multifunctional team of ministers taking up the ministry offices in order to raise up or equip the believers. So that is what an apostolic governance in a church looks like. So usually what happens is that a pastor may have a dual calling, meaning he can be a founding senior pastor. And as he grows the ministry and the church, we would begin to notice the features of an apostle in the function of an apostle, all the things that we've discussed so far. That could emerge from their life and thereby they are a pastor, yes, but then we eventually begin to realize that they are an apostle. So in the church, the apostolic ministry looks like this. Now, we must understand that there is a lot of difference between the pastoral ministry and the apostolic ministry. What I mean by that is we demarcate the two offices. Definitely both will involve some basic common things like caring for the people, establishing the people in the word of God, the work of the spirit, so on and so forth. But we have seen how when it comes to the apostle, the apostolic, new revelations, right? So that's something we've learned greater depths in the word, deeper insights, extending the kingdom of God into new territories and functioning in the supernatural at a completely different level. So we will see that the pastor is also doing these things, but the apostle in a heightened manner, so to speak. So that is how we can actually make out the difference between the role of a pastor and an apostle. So about the pastoral leadership, I won't get into it because we had courses where we have studied books such as 1st and 2nd Timothy, we've studied Titus. So there you have the requirements for a pastor, the functions of a pastor, so on and so forth. So the point we are making is the pastoral ministry office looks quite different from the apostolic ministry office. So in the local church, what will happen as the apostolic emerges, we will find that the apostolic leader, they serve more like a father to many leaders and they will raise up leaders. So there will be a strong leadership, there will be the emergence of a governmental body which takes care of the church and the standards of the church. So in an apostolic setup, that's what we can expect. So a very strong set of leaders with a proper governmental structure. Then we can expect that the doctrine will be established in a strong way because that's part of the apostolic ministry. Order in the church, when we say order, I just want to remind us, there is an APC publication called as Divine Order. So Divine Order in the citywide church, so it's more specific to that, but still when we go over that, we see that there is a certain expectation that God has as far as our relationships are concerned, as ministers of God, as people in the church, the way we must relate to our leadership and all. So that is what we call as order. So the apostolic will establish good order within the church and develop a new wine skin which means that the old order will be replaced with a revived, refreshed new order or structure in the local church which will strengthen the church. You know, sometimes we've heard terms such as revival of churches. So this is what it means, just strengthening the church and giving it good order. Then because we are talking about an apostolic church, we can also expect pioneering activities. So a regular church as such, which has only a pastoral leader, will grow, will thrive, which it may have a couple of branches as we've discussed already. And today we have the trend of multi-site churches in the same city, satellite churches. So those things can happen. But then an apostolic work is one where new ministries will get pioneered. So we're talking new ministries, we're talking new territories, we're talking breaking new ground. So it's swiftly and quite extensively impacting new arenas. So that is how the apostolic church looks like. How can we see this church be established? Do we notice that there are stages that any church could take? Like the normal establishing of a church, we'll find territorial entrants, meaning the church is established in a particular place. And then they try to find their way, find their grips, have a foundation in that place. So we call that as a pioneering stage, where the blueprint you receive from God and you set it up. Okay, overall this is what we believe, this is what our structure is going to look like. So it's a stage where the pastor or the apostle is a visionary and he is establishing the vision for the church and trying to make it come alive. That's the pioneering stage. And then once that groundwork is done, you just have to build, isn't it? Once the foundation is done and the structure is sort of in place, then you just build the height and the internal structures of a building. So in the same way, just the building phase where on the basics, on the blueprint, the church is built up in a strong way. Now, after this, till this stage, for any church would have these stages. But an apostolic church, you know, going from here, the next stage, the fourth stage is what is very important. We say that an apostolic church after this building phase will become a governing voice. Meaning, all that we talked about, you know, talking about the standards in doctrine, talking about the standards in leadership, talking about the standards in leadership structure, talking about different things, it becomes a voice. Meaning, what is happening in the church starts to affect people around, churches around, you know, the communities, the city, the nation. So they become a governing voice to the surroundings. And in the apostolic church, and of course further, and what happens after that is that this church, this apostolic church, which is now heard, you know, whatever they are doing, it's ministering to the body of Christ, they become an apostolic base. So apostolic base simply means that the church is now so strong and established, there are leaders rising up, there are ministries rising up, new territories are being impacted and you will find that people from here keep going out. It's like, you know, sending out Paul and Barnabas. It's like sending out Silas. They were all from the church of Antioch, but what did they do? They went all over the place, did their ministry, came back to their base, Antioch. They reported things to their brothers and sisters. So the church as such now has become an apostolic base, which is sending out a lot of, you know, whatever you want to call them, kingdom carriers, leaders, ministers of God. So it's constantly sending out, you know, all these people and they are still connected to the life of the church. The church becomes a support, it could be a support financially, it could be a support, you know, emotionally, spiritually, continuing to provide governance, leadership to these leaders who are traveling all over the place. So that is the apostolic base stage. So we've seen now how a normal church looks, a pastoral kind of a church, an apostolic church and an apostolic church goes through all these stages. Eventually, the distinctive phases of an apostolic church, which we can note are one becoming a governing voice. So, you know, you have a say basically in what's going on in the body of Christ and becoming an apostolic base, meaning a sending out base from where a lot of people are, you know, developed as leaders, they go out and they make an impact. So that's what an apostolic church looks like. Please feel free to stop me at any point. I'm just trying to go ahead and cover the rest of the portion so that I'm trying to wrap it up in one hour's time. But yeah, if you have questions, then absolutely fine. We can always spill over to the next hour. Okay, so now coming to Apostolic Ministry and the city, how would Apostolic Ministry affect the city? Well, we will find some of the features that we talked about earlier of the present time trends of the Apostolic Ministry. So when Apostolic Ministry takes over, we will begin to see a unity among churches and ministries in the city. Okay, so they could be doing completely different things. But when it comes to the cause of Christ, you know, they work together, they come together. Now it's true that every church has its own calling. It has its own vision. But when we look at the core of things, when we are born again, when we are in Christ Jesus, right? And some of the core doctrines we believe in the Trinity, some of those core things are the same and the peripherals. Maybe we do church differently. You know, our church format is different compared to some others. So the peripheral things could be different. But what happens when there is the Apostolic move of God in a city? We would find that people are willing to let go of those peripheral differences and still stand together, right? In the face of persecution, in the face of opposition. So this is something that happens, you know, in the city-wide church, unity among churches and ministers of God. And in the city, we would also notice just the way we said in an Apostolic church, a pastor, yes, a pastor is a shepherd, but he grows into a father. Why are we calling him a father? Because he is nurturing new leaders under him. The same way, when there is an Apostolic move in a city, we will find that there are fathers in the body of Christ, which also means that they will raise up leaders in the body of Christ. So they may all be from different churches, but people are being fathered in the things of the kingdom. So that is the Apostolic move over a city. This kind of leadership over a city will then lead to city transformation. City transformation is a term we use for change in the spiritual atmosphere, the spiritual standards of a city. The impact is large, larger than just a local church. So it's impacting the entire city. And city transformation is not just restricted to spiritual changes where people come to know the Lord Jesus and they come to follow him. But it also will impact the society at large, the priorities. We talk about overcoming crimes in a city, infrastructure, different things. So it will definitely impact everything that has got to do with the city life. So the Apostolic will accomplish these things for us. Then moving on, in the Apostolic anointing, we find that the body of Christ, because it's now growing in unity and becoming stronger in a united way. This will be, this can now represent the body of Christ to the local government, to the civic authorities. So remember, governing voice, isn't it? We said that governing voice, that's a crucial part of the Apostolic move over the body of Christ. So we have a voice now, now that we stand together, we're able to speak it to things that are going on in the city. Maybe justice issues, we're able to speak and say, hey, you know, it should be like this or equity among people, why is there discrimination? Different things, we can actually stand up and have a voice and the government also is able to take heat to that. Then we can, because of that, because now that, you know, the church is strong and has a voice, it can affect the policies that the government formulates. We could have, we could see something like a movement at the grassroots level and at higher levels as well. And overall, there'll be city transformation. So that's how it's going to impact the city. Now, if you look at the impact on the nation, whatever I said just now, take it to the next level. So we are talking fathers rising up in the nation, in the spiritual, you know, in the body of Christ. There are fathers too, ministers in the nation. So some such strong apostolic leaders, we can see the birthing of new movements. We can see new strategies, we can see a strong voice in the nation, the church having a strong voice in the nation. When I say church, I'm not referring to, you know, any local church. I'm just saying the spiritual body of Christ now becomes very influential. Then advancing the gospel into new territories and impacting national government authorities for the sake of the kingdom and strengthening churches, networks across the nation. So basically the impact is very huge. It's large by an apostolic ministry. So any questions so far? Yes. Divya is asking, ma'am, can you cite an example of an apostolic ministry? So I will come to that, Divya. I do have a few names that I can share, but I'll come to it a little later. Is that okay? Sure, sure, ma'am. Yeah, yeah. Thank you. Okay. Right. So we were talking about, you know, how an apostolic church looks then apostolic over a city and a nation. So how do we nurture, you know, this kind of a church or this kind of how do we make place for such movements in the city and nation? First is to understand what the apostolic ministry means. Now we are trying to define it publicly, you know, not the other way around. Sometimes we look at the experience and then we try to define what it is, but it doesn't work that way. The right way for us to understand what this office of the prophet or the apostolic ministry means is to go from the Bible. Right? So that is why we looked at, we studied thoroughly. You know, what does the apostolic ministry look like in the Bible? The 12 apostles of the Lamb, what did they do? The founding apostles, what did they do? You know, what else do we see there? Has it stopped the apostolic ministry? Obviously, according to the key scriptures there, Ephesians chapter 4 verses 11 through 13, we see it hasn't stopped. God is continuing to release this anointing. He's continuing to call people into the office of a prophet. Thereby, yes, we will see apostles rising up and apostolic ministry is rising up. So going by the word of God and then you look at the lives of people like Peter and Paul and John and James, you know, you study a lot more. And so what we're saying is, oh, okay, this is how it looks. Yes, in our times, the outworking may look slightly different from what it did in the first century. But at least we have an idea of the kind of pattern that we can expect. So understanding this is very important for developing the apostolic. Okay, imparting the apostolic among the people because one of the main challenges is there is no clear understanding. People are confused about the apostolic. So teach, right? Teach about what the apostolic ministry is all about and apostle is all about. And when they say good models of apostolic ministry and apostolic churches, even then, you know, they will have a better understanding than leadership to encourage apostolic leadership. You know, when a pastor, let's say they are in the call of an apostle and then eventually you see them branching out, starting new ministries, somewhere for the people, it's like, what has happened to this pastor? He no longer loves us. You know, he no longer cares about the church. But maybe that's not what it is. Maybe once everything is established and you know, people are still being taken care of their assistance in place, you find that the leadership is now moving to new things, right? Eventually growing into new territories. So we must allow that freedom. This is the emergence of a more apostolic kind of leadership. So when we give freedom for leaders to transition from that pastoral to the apostolic leader positions, we can see more happening. But when we put a limitation there, it's difficult, right? And even respecting apostolic leaders because it's possible that because people are so familiar with the pastoral leader, they're not able to accept an apostolic leader. And, you know, that causes a lot of difficulty. An apostolic leader, as we have learned earlier, can be very brave to make changes, can be very brave to maybe stop ministries that are not working. They can be very brave to start off, you know, some audacious ambitious projects, right? And you see that they have the grace to do it also completed. So when you look at things like this, it's not easy for people to tag along and work together with such people. It can be quite stressful at times. But you see, that's a feature of apostolic leadership. And that's how apostolic leadership looks. So for the people, they're alarmed. Oh, I thought, you know, there's a pastor, they're coming up with all these new things. Just focus on your church. You know, so when there is resistance to change, when there is, you know, a lack of support, it's very hard. People don't understand an apostolic leader. People don't respect an apostolic leader. And that would cause a slowing down of things. Okay, so understanding apostolic leadership, how they are so strong, and they carry the governmental authority. That's also key for us to cause, develop the apostolic. Then a sense more understanding about fathering, right? So fathering the leaders under you. Now, I don't know if it was your class or which class, but we talked about fathering, right? In today's, in this current season, fathering, it's a beautiful subject. But we also know about the excesses of the subject where, you know, somewhere people have been taught that if you don't have a father, you know, if you don't have somebody above you. I mean, I've heard so many teachings, right, where they say there's always a, there's always a Moses, if there's a Joshua, there's always an Elijah, if there's a Elisha. Well, it's true, you know, we mentoring and training, equipping, getting equipped by other leaders, working with leaders and all, it's good. But you see, at the end of the day, we are first accountable to God and, you know, not, we don't need any other mediator. That's what the Bible says, there's one mediator, the Lord Jesus Christ. So my relationship with God is directly established. I don't need a middleman. I don't need a so-called father to be between me and God and then, you know, be that mediator. It's not that definition of a father is not biblical. But a father, somebody like Paul, who just journeys with you and sort of nudges you into the call of God for your life, holds you accountable. Yes, but not like, you know, you owe your life to me. You're not like that. So that we need to get a biblical understanding of fathers. And there is a sermon series in the APC website on the APC website where spiritual fathers, right? What does it really mean? What is the biblical understanding of that? And what are some of the abuses that we see in the church today? Now, that would be a good set of sermons for us to listen to and understand. So while we talk about the apostolic and the growing sense of fathers in the body of Christ, we should also be alert about the abuses of that concept. So just, you know, a word of caution for all of us. So yes, all believers can be apostolic. I think I made that statement last time. We cannot be apostles because apostle is a calling. And as we again go back to the key passage, Ephesians chapter four versus 11 through 13, some are called, some are called as apostles. And that is up to God. He decides, he chooses. So I can't choose, you know, if I like the position of an apostle, I need the grace to be an apostle, but that only comes from God. It's only when we are called that we can be in the office of an apostle. But here's the beautiful thing. You know, Jesus told his disciples, John 21, he said, as a father sent me, I send you. So Jesus sent the disciples. So they are the ambassadors now. What is an apostle? Sent one, isn't it? So we are sent to establish the kingdom of God. And today, every believer, you know, from scripture, because that great commission is for every believer, we are all sent once. So we cannot be an apostle. All of us cannot be an apostle, but all of us can be apostolic. Every believer can be apostolic. So what does it mean? Now we are the ambassadors for Christ. We carry the fragrance of Christ where we go. We carry the power of God where we go. We carry the standards of God where we go. And not that we just carry it, but you see, we impact the place that we are at. We impact it for the glory of God. We cause changes to take place. We cause, you know, see open doors. We become a voice. So that is what. So then we begin to see that there are a lot of new ministries emerging today, some unusual ones. And we've been talking about how we're not just saying, you know, geographically new territory, but it can be something to do in the world of business. It could be something to do in the world of arts. It could be something to do, you know, in the world of government or education, the seven mountains of influence. It could be anywhere, but the apostolic will cause a believer to get into an arena and shine for God. And that's what we're saying. We're saying churches can be apostolic. Believers can be apostolic. Every believer can be apostolic. You don't have to be an apostle to take the kingdom wherever you're going. You can be apostolic and take the kingdom where you're going. So that is how we see the apostolic in the life of a believer. So even in the workplace, because, you know, generally we all have vocations. So even in the workplace, we can be apostolic and manifest the entire nature, right, of pioneering things, building, governing by the standards of God, so on and so forth. Yes, right. There is a little bit of an overlap as you go over your notes. So I'm not going to, you know, repeat things that I have shared. So when the church becomes apostolic or grows into being apostolic, so then it'll have all those stages that we talked about. You know, you go to a place, territorial entrance, and then you pioneer, you know, then you build from there once you've pioneered, you build and then you become a governing voice and you become an apostolic base. So in this process, there will be fathers develop, there will be leaders develop, there will be new ministries, right, there will be movements at the grassroots level and, you know, doctrine will be established. We will find new moves of the spirit. So so many things are happening as the church is established as an apostolic church. Now, what are some of the pitfalls? What are some things that we should be careful about? So here are the challenges in an apostolic setup. Okay, because things are intense, because things are forward looking, because there is a very strong leadership and, you know, there's a lot of focus in the way things are done. It is possible for people to feel uncared for. Okay, now not that the leaders don't care, but if there are no proper systems in place. See, because the leadership is always thinking new territory, pioneer new things, right, excellence. So they're looking at all of those things and they are also going out, go to the other cities, go to the other nations. What about the local church? What about the needs of the people in the local church? As long as we have some systems, let's say, you know, there is a member care, a very strong member care system where if there are needs, people are ministered to life groups. You know, you're familiar with all these terms. So then what happens? In a way, automatically things are taken care of. But if there are the process is not set in the local church, then because there's so much action happening, you know, people will feel that. Oh, these leaders don't care. They're only thinking about reaching the next nation. What about us? They don't care if anything is happening in our lives or not. So that's a challenge. If we see God establishing an apostolic church, which he is, by the way, a lot of churches and networks are rising up. This aspect has to be taken care of that people feel loved and belong. Then people don't understand the apostolic nature. We've already talked about that. So a lot of changes. They might think why are we stretching ourselves so much? You know, why are we putting money into these things? Why are our leaders being sent into new things? Why is the position of role of this leader being shifted to? So, you know, change is as it is, it's not easy. But when there's a lot of change in an apostolic setup, I think people can get through. I think people can get stressed unless they understand what the apostolic anointing and the mandate is all about. So these are some areas where one should be careful. And then, yeah, if these things are taken care of, you would find that, you know, people are actually comfortable. Now, issues concerning the apostolic ministry, these are also pitfalls. So we said that apostles are very strong, isn't it? They're very focused. So some of the dangers are that their governmental authority can be abused. So now, you know, Divya was asking, what are some examples? So when we go back to, you know, I'll just tell you the date. It was this 19, yeah, somewhere 1960s, 1970s, 1900s. There was a movement which was started by very famous, you know, people like Derek Prince, Charles, Charles Simpson, Don Basham, Bob Mumford and all. So they started something known as the Shepherding Movement where they basically, you know, this whole concept of fathers and shepherds over God's people and nurture them, raise up more leaders. So it was the intentions were really good. So all that started, right? But eventually, the reality is that because this leadership was so strong and the teaching was so strong, it spread across nations, this whole concept of shepherding. You know, that is where you get this concept of many of you would have heard covering. You should have a covering. If you're a believer, you need a covering of a leader over your life. If you don't have a covering, then something is wrong. Well, it started from here, okay? From this movement, the Shepherding Movement. But the problem which they ran into is, you know, they came up with all kinds of concepts like covenant relationships where you don't actually have biblical basis for these things. Yes, the Bible does say that pastors are shepherds over seers of the church, but then the extent to which the shepherding movement was taken was bad because they were telling people which job to take. They were telling people whom to marry. They were telling people whether they can shift their house or not. They were telling people if they should take medicines or not. So basically what happened is the good intentions turned into an abuse. And people were being controlled with the term submission. You must submit to your leader. And part of submission was paying tides to your leader. So you need to give money to your leader. So a lot of things are going on and it was really crazy till people started questioning this whole movement. And it was in the guise of apostolic movement, right? So even people, strong people like Derek Prince pulled out of it and said, I have nothing to do with this. So when there is a strong leadership, if we are not careful to go by the standards of God's word, that authority can be abused. So that's a problem with the apostolic way of doing things. So believers have to be very well informed and careful. Then in some apostolic moments, what happens? You have leaders like the one that I just described, where one man or the main people, they become everything. Oh, the pastoral team. Oh, the apostolic leader. He's our leader. He's the father. So getting a lot of attention and exalting a man above God, that's also a danger that could take place. Because you see the features of an apostolic leader are like that. Very dynamic, very attractive. But we should be careful to exalt God. We should be careful to be humble in the sight of God. So too much focus on one man is a danger that could take place. And one man's doctrinal error. So if you go back to times like Charles Perran, many of you know all these stories from the past. So there were people who went into error. They started out well. But there was too much of focus on one pet doctrine and all. And there were people even, I think, at the time of John G. Lake and all that. I think Charles Perran was his name or Brannam. Yeah. So well, there was a teaching where the person said that I'm Elijah. Okay. So crazy things because they went so far away from the written word of God. So we must be aligned to the word. Otherwise, people can come up with crazy doctrine and, you know, simple believers, those who don't know the word, they start believing these things and it destroys their life. So doctrinal errors is another challenge because in an apostolic setup, it can spread fast because you have a strong leadership. You have a good network. It just flows fast the wrong doctrine and it affects people's lives. Then apostles, you know, humility is very important in the apostolic setup because otherwise because of the strong features that the apostolic leader has and the ministry has, you know, they might sort of not given to accountability. They'll be like, why should I answer anyone? Because God is working through me. God is working through my life. You know, I don't have anybody above me. So humility is the key. If there's no humility in an apostolic leader or an apostolic movement, sooner or later you would find that, you know, it won't last. So these are the dangers of the apostolic ministry. So coming to Divya's question here, what are some examples? So it's a little challenging, Divya, to actually tell you by observation. But in the past, there have been movements such as, and I'm just sharing these also from the internet. You've had names like Bill Hammond, Peter Wagner, who have given a lot of trust to the apostolic movement, John Eckart. You know, these are all people who have written about the apostolic and have published things about the apostolic and it's brought a lot of good understanding in the body of Christ. After that, certain networks began like, you know, I've said vineyard. If you look at vineyard, the set of churches of vineyard, then you had Calvary Chapel, right? So Calvary Chapel was another one that sort of became very famous. Jesus' movement also, you know, charismatic renewal of the times past. It also is something that people look at. Then there are a lot of networks that exist that follow this whole apostolic pattern of going into new nations, finding new territory. So some names would be like Antioch Network of Churches. I also told us about New Frontiers, which has some branches here in India. Then you have Apostolic Missions International. So, you know, there are so many such organizations and networks that you can look at and say, yes, they're all doing apostolic work. There are many emerging ones today, right? Across the globe, which we may not have heard much about, but yes, it's picking up this whole anointing of being apostolic. So these are some names that, you know, I can share with you about. But personally, for me, noting the journey of a so-called apostolic church, I haven't followed, you know, an apostolic, like another church, but I feel I know that APC is apostolic, right? And I know that that's the direction we are heading in. We are an apostolic church. And we are in those stages of apostolic growth, all people's church. Yeah, I would say that. So does that help or do you want more examples? Yes, Master, it helps. I just also wanted to know is it something like what we hear, New Apostolic Missions International? Yes, yes, yes. So the thing is, see even this new apostolic reformation, right? It's something that was put together. Once you had a parent, I don't know which year. Yeah, again, 1990s, there was something known as the Kansas City Prophets. So some of the prophets came together, popular people like, you know, Mike Bickel, Bob Jones, Bill Hammond, Paul Kane, John Paul Jackson. So these were all people, quite familiar for some of you would know all these names. So they all came together then eventually, you know, they had something known as the Apostolic Roundtable with some of these people and other people. And then was the emergence of what is known as New Apostolic Reformation. And today it is said that people like Bill Johnson, they are all associated with the New Apostolic Reformation. So, you know, we are aware of these organizations. And yes, they claim to have an apostolic outlook. Yeah. Okay. Okay, Pastor. Yeah. I just wanted to confirm. Yeah. So I am not commenting much about these people and even the names that I pointed out. I'm not commenting much because I don't know in detail of the way their work has taken off. You know, remember we said how do we judge the apostolic on the basis of the outcome? So yes, people say we have this organization, New Apostolic Reformation and movement and this and that. Yeah, but the impact is what should talk. Okay. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I was also reading about it. Yeah. But there are people on different standpoints. Correct. Or some of the doctrines that they hold on. Yes. Yeah. Yes. And it's also getting a little, okay, where, which is the right, yeah, right way. Yeah. Correct. See, so that's why every year, like whenever I teach on the apostolic ministry and I have to give you all names. Okay. Give me the name of an apostle on an apostolic ministry. It's not that easy because while there are good things that are happening, there are also noticeable excesses and errors. So, you know, to kind of just back up a so-called, you know, a person who calls themselves an apostle or a ministry that calls itself an apostolic ministry, it's tricky because if, you know, I sit here and I tell you, yeah, this and this, then I am backing it up. You know what I mean? But I'm not sure what they're up to. Yeah. Yeah. Got it. Got it. Yeah. So that's how it works. Okay. All right. Thank you, Divya. Thank you for that. Yeah. Any other comments? Anything that you all want to talk about? This is the last class. So you can make use of your opportunity. But I trust that you have an idea, right? So from here to build on your understanding of the apostolic. Yes. Yes. Of course. Okay. Excellent. Excellent. Thank you for that, Divya. Yeah. Thank you, everyone. I truly appreciate us journey together and so glad that all of you have persevered. You've been part of your first year courses and now the second year courses and I can only pray that God stirs you up and be more than happy to see you in the next, you know, upcoming year. So if it's possible, please, you know, please continue your studies with us. Thank you to all of you who are in India and you can easily join our online or on campus classes. I would strongly recommend if that is a possibility for you, then please come by, be a part of our on campus courses and encourage others to register as well. I believe that, you know, God's up to something through the Bible College and the ministry of the Bible College here. So thank you once again. I appreciate each of you. And I thank God for each of you and I believe that God is equipping you, grooming you to do great things in the kingdom. So God bless you abundantly and I'm just going to pray and close. Your assignment will be posted today and you have about a week and a half to complete it. It's a fairly simple assignment which you will notice. So all the best and do well in your assignments. Let's pray. Heavenly Father, we thank you Lord that you are helping us understand your word and be established in it. Oh God. Father, I just pray for our batch here and Lord each one who is a part of Lord this, this batch and Lord, even those who are listening to these sessions, Holy Spirit, we pray that you will grant us clarity of thought. You will help us. Oh God have a right to vision so that Lord we can step out Lord and we can be an apostolic people Lord entering new territory releasing the power of God Lord in and through our lives and God living by the standards of your word God and bringing honor to your name Father God and impacting Oh God, not just people around us but Lord cities and nations for the glory of your name. Father God I speak your blessing upon each student. I speak your blessing upon their health upon their family upon their ministries Lord upon their oh God Lord their finances Father God everything that concerns them Father God thank you that you're a God who will perfect it Lord I commit them into your hands Lord and I pray that each one will be raised up Oh God strong in the word strong in the spirit and Lord be an influencer a mover and shaker where you have positioned them God Lord we give you thanks Lord we give you praise for the work of Jesus on the cross that Lord we are able to experience redemption we're able to walk in all these exciting things Lord that you have for us in your kingdom we bless you Lord we honor you we glorify your name in Jesus name we pray Amen. Yes thank you God bless you everybody thank you I see the thank you notes here in the chat as well yeah I'm so blessed and thank you for your encouragement do keep me in your prayers okay so yes God bless you everyone take care and yeah look forward to see you graduate if you are graduating this year or seeing you in the upcoming semesters feel free you can post notes on the stream page email me so we can still keep in touch okay so bye for now and take care thank you thank you so much thank you so much yeah my pleasure thank you you're welcome thank you so much thank you thank you God bless you